Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Tomorrow my wife and I leave for 7 days in Sorrento. We anticipate > short trips to Amalfi, Positano, Capri and possibly Naples. > > Any advice about places to visit, places to avoid, restaurants, > museums,and photo opportunities would be greatly appreciated. >
Giafranco gave very good pointers, - I cannot compete with him. I'd just share some of my impressions from that area. I was in that area at the end of September-beginning of October in 2005, for a week, mostly in the coastal area. It is a very interesting area. You can spend much more than 7 days there. The tourist "season" was ending, so many places in Amalfi coast (Minori, Maiori, ...) were closing down. That part was a bit depressive, but on another hand, we avoided crouds. Pompeii was really impressive. It makes one thinking what is common between us and them, the people who lived there, and what changed over these hundreds of years. We ran out of time and did not go the top of Vesuvius. I still haven't sorted the photos from that trip, they are in my "to do" queue that I need to finish before this summer starts. I shot many coastal views - from the coast and from a boat. Of all coastal and near-coastal town, Positano was the most impressive. Ravello, and especially road to Ravello was also very interesting, with great views. Due to weather and limited time we didn't make it to Capri... Take a look at a few snapshots that I converted from RAW erlier: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Italy/ The last two are from Positano. The rest are probably from Amalfi-Minori (don't remember exactly, and don't have time to check it). Practical issue: we found that the reservations for the rental cars that we made ahead of time (with Hertz, via Internet + coupons-specials) - were much cheaper than what we could find locally. There were, however, delays when renting a car from a non-airport location: In one case the car was not available on time (Sorrento), in another case (in Rome) one of the engine cylinders was not working at low RPMs, causing some reasonant vibrations, and they were claiming it was the only car available at the moment. Don't overplan, - and just grasp what you can visit/see within that period of time. Enjoy the ambience, people, views, don't try to cover all tourist destinations. HTH, Igor
